Build your BIP with ACE²-EU: Developing Successful BIPs from Concept to Implementation

Course Type: Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) for staff

 

Application Process:

Interested applicants should

🔗 Apply here — https://forms.gle/1uzVcC43LvkPtNgq5

Deadline for receipt of applications: 22 May, 2026

Please note that submitting an application does not guarantee a place on the programme. Participating institutions apply their own internal selection procedures.

 

Duration and Learning Format

Provide a clear overview of the course structure, including:

• The total workload is 75 hours, broken down as follows:
  • Synchronous online activities: 5 h
  • On-site (physical mobility) activities: 30 h
  • Independent and group work: 40 h
• Dates:
  • On-site component: 15-19 June, 2026, Ingolstadt, Germany
  • Online component: 9 & 16 July, 2026

Please note: Under Erasmus+ rules, the minimum on-site duration for a BIP is five days. Only administrative and teaching staff who attend the full on-site week (15–19 June 2026) will be counted as BIP participants. Lecturers attending for a shorter period are welcome to join but will not be registered as BIP participants.

 

Credits and Certification

Credits: 3 ECTS

Certification: participants will receive a certificate of attendance

Organising Institutions and Teaching Staff:

Lead and Host Institution

• Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, Germany
• Anna-Lisa Klages, Sonja Bedington, Fiona Nimser-Büchner, Lara Schäfer

Partner Institutions

Francisco de Vitoria University (UFV), Spain

• Alma Vázquez Esteban

Medical University Gdansk (MUG), Poland

• Dawid Spychała, Karolina Derda

External stakeholders

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Course Overview

BIPs – short for “Blended Intensive Programmes” are Erasmus+ programmes that offer a unique opportunity to enhance international collaboration and develop innovative transnational learning formats while benefiting from dedicated Erasmus+ funding that supports travel, coordination, and innovative course design.

They create a flexible space to experiment with new pedagogical approaches, combining virtual collaboration with short, impactful in-person exchanges that energise both students and instructors. It is financed by Erasmus+ funding, allowing for organisational support (min. 4.000€) in addition to travel grants for participants.

Since BIPs are ‘new territory’ to several institutions within the ACE²-EU Alliance, the aim of this BIP is to train colleagues to become BIP experts. During the programme, we will provide you with insights regarding terms, conditions, and particularities of BIPs, thereby developing structures and processes to strategically embed BIPs into institutional developments.

This BIP addresses two target-groups:

• Administrative staff involved with coordinating, supporting, and facilitating BIPs within the ACE²-EU Alliance and
• Professors and scientific staff interested in developing a BIP in the areas of teaching, research, and/or entrepreneurship.

This is delivered as a single BIP structured in two phases, not as two parallel programmes. During the first part of the on-site week, the programme is dedicated to administrative staff, who take a deep dive into BIP coordination, evaluate best practices and develop a joint scheme for processes within the Alliance. In the second part, the programme moves into project-based learning: administrative staff put what they have learned into practice, while teaching staff receive a guided introduction to BIP development and work on potential BIP ideas to be taken further afterwards. Sessions on inclusive and diversity-sensitive BIP development, as well as inputs on communication, are open to all participants.

At the end of this course, you will know everything you need to know about how to organise and coordinate your own BIP. Participating lecturers will have used the opportunity to exchange ideas, work together in workshops to develop topics and content with colleagues from different Alliance institutions. In addition, we will have laid out a foundation for the strategic positioning of BIPs to foster teaching, research, innovation, entrepreneurship, and vocational training within the ACE²-EU Alliance.

Learning Journey

This BIP is divided into four major parts:

1. Introduction and information (on site)
2. Best practices, adaptation, and integration (on site)
3. Exploration and structuring (on site)
4. Reflection and improvement (online)

For administrative staff: At the beginning of the course, participants will receive a conceptual introduction to and important information about BIPs. After having gained in-depth insights, they will develop processes and structures needed for the establishment of a workflow at their home institutions and within the Alliance. To do so, they will work with case studies to assess best practices and pitfalls with the organisation of BIPs.

For teaching staff: Lecturers will join the programme on Wednesday. They will receive a concise introduction to BIP structures and how to develop a BIP. Furthermore, they will learn about possibilities and potentials of integrating BIPs into their academic practice, before they will take a deep dive into developing their own BIP ideas.

Throughout the course, hands-on workshops will be accompanied by thematic inputs on topics such as the development of inclusive and diversity-sensitive teaching formats or target-group-oriented communication.

All content-related activities will be accompanied by exercises and socio-cultural events that foster a positive working atmosphere. Furthermore, social activities will allow for networking and thematic exploration.

During the online follow-up sessions, participants will reflect (9 July 2026) on post-on-site developments as well as focus on potentials for improvement (16 July 2026) of processes and developed structures.

Location: TH Ingolstadt

Date: 15-19 June (on-site), 9 & 16 July (online)

Learning Objectives

By the end of this Blended Intensive Programme, all participants will be able to independently plan, coordinate, and strategically position a BIP within the ACE²-EU Alliance — equipped with the knowledge, tools, and cross-institutional networks needed to make Erasmus+ funded BIPs a sustainable part of their academic and administrative practice within the ACE²-EU Alliance.

Specific learning objectives include:

By the end of the BIP, attending administrative staff will be able to:

• Explain the key terms, funding conditions, and structural requirements of Erasmus+ BIPs within the ACE²-EU Alliance context.
• Evaluate best practices and common pitfalls in BIP coordination by analysing real-world case studies.
• Implement sustainable administration processes for the integration of BIPs into institutional internationalisation strategies
• Design institution-specific workflows and coordination processes that enable the systematic organisation and support of BIPs at their home institution.
• Develop a strategic framework for embedding BIPs into their institution’s existing structures and the broader ACE²-EU Alliance strategy.
• Apply target-group-oriented communication strategies for the promotion of BIPs

By the end of the BIP, attending teaching staff will be able to:

• Assess how BIPs can be strategically integrated into their own academic practice across the areas of teaching, research, and/or entrepreneurship.
• Develop a concrete BIP concept in collaboration with colleagues from other ACE²-EU Alliance institutions, applying principles of inclusive and diversity-sensitive course design.
• Promote equity, diversity, and inclusion with their teaching
• Refine their BIP concept based on inclusion, diversity, and intersectionality dimensions

 

Learning Outcomes (By the end of the course, participants will be able to):

• Develop innovative and meaningful BIPs from theory to practice
• Implement sustainable administration processes
• Develop communication and promotional strategies to improve the visibility of BIPs
• Apply communication strategies to audiences from differing backgrounds
• Promote equity, diversity and inclusion in international teaching formats
• Collaborate effectively with international colleagues
• Translate institutional goals into practical implementation steps
• Contribute actively to future BIP development through networking, exchange of expertise, and Alliance-based cooperation

 

Who would find this course useful?

This course may be suitable for teaching and administrative staff from ACE²-EU partner universities in all fields.

This course may be suitable for those who have an interest in:

Learning how to plan, coordinate, implement, and develop Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programmes (BIPs) within the ACE²-EU Alliance.

• Recommended Language Level:
  • English B2-C1

Prior to the start of the course, participants will receive a welcome email from the ACE²-EU Alliance with detailed instructions specific to the course.

 

Further Information

For any further information or queries related to the course, please contact:

Dr. Anna-Lisa Klages,  ace2eu@thi.de